Unlike Mario's main theme, I do believe the main theme from Zelda can stand here with the others.

I was tempted to cheat and post the actual opening to Ninja Gaiden 2, complete with rad thunder sound, and radness, and also rad ninjas and a rad evil overlord Shredder-alike villain named Ashtar who is rad and you're not rad if you don't vote for this theme? but then I was like nah

Downtown Special: Kunio-kun No Jidaigeki Da Yo Zenin Shuugou! - Track 9 (Hills) - I demand an award for nominating the longest track name in the poll.Seriously though, this was a longshot of longshots and happened because I spent hours obsessing over the "classics" and then went "fuck that we're going off raw appeal not fame or notability". I don't think anyone here except maybe that person that's totally not Geo has played DSKKNJDYZS aka "Technos Samurai" but it's awesome. It's literally River City Ransom 2 set in feudal Japan, with a nonlinear map and even more crazy extra shit and odd weapons. The music can be a bit odd in places, but the whole soundtrack is as thematic as it gets, oozing with samurai flavor. This one track plays up in the hills and just really fits the game as a whole whether you're beating guys with a wooden cart or just somersaulting through the landscape at high speed. It's upbeat, full of arpeggios, and again, samurai as hell.

wow that was a lot no wonder I hit enter so much on irc, that looks so dumb

let's see uh

What the hell could I even say about the original main Zelda theme? Not much, but the choice of the title music instead of overworld is interesting. As downright fun as the peppy overworld is, the title crawl has that deep, resonant sound for the melody. It puts the "Legend" in the title well, lending a regal and impressive tone.I mean it's also probably cribbing from Dragon Quest's intro music way more than we realized but hey it works.

I Forbid You To Come Any Closer is just rad. I think it's the heavy bass with that high, fancy trilling melody. The melody says "I am a learned and sophisticated person" and the accompaniment says "and I'm going to beat the shit out of you". It works well for an old gray wizard holding a sword. It also serves as the best example I've seen, to this day, of how much an arrangement can affect the quality of a song: compare the NES version to the Genesis trackif you want to hear how to absolutely ruin a chiptune.

Bloody Tears has been remixed about five billion times and that's only counting official Konami versions. There's a reason. If there was any criticism to be had of it it's that it could stand to be a bit longer, it's a pretty short loop, but that's in the sense that one scoop of ice cream isn't enough when it's so delicious.

Romosome wrote:I Forbid You To Come Any Closer is just rad. I think it's the heavy bass with that high, fancy trilling melody. The melody says "I am a learned and sophisticated person" and the accompaniment says "and I'm going to beat the shit out of you". It works well for an old gray wizard holding a sword. It also serves as the best example I've seen, to this day, of how much an arrangement can affect the quality of a song: compare the NES version to the Genesis trackif you want to hear how to absolutely ruin a chiptune.

That go-kart with a drill seems built well enough to take an entire crew to the center of the Earth. Who needs an enclosed cockpit (that seats more than one) when you're kicking up millions of tons of rock? Everyone else can just man up and walk through the silicosis armpit explosions.